Outside the Beltway

We’re witnessing something not seen since 1989.

The 46th President has been busy signing proclamations signaling a new direction.

The 87-year-old former San Francisco mayor isn’t woke enough.

The 46th President’s foreign policy team is taking shape.

We’ve just had an election, not psychoanalysis.

The stakes of losing will be catastrophic. Either way.

Ignoring religious diversity makes polarization much worse.

Sorry, UC Irvine, as long as Navarro is on the faculty, no donations from this graduate.

Trump appears to have been shamed into doing part of his job.

The pandemic is having serious effects in the region, and they will persist for some time.

What would a reborn GOP look like and who would vote for it?

Having failed to prevent or contain it, aggressive stupidity is now washing over us.

Whocouldanode?

The race is over but Bernie’s still running.

There’s very little upside.

The former VP is focused on beating Bernie Sanders but his team is looking ahead.

Is being ruled by the elderly a bad thing?

Most national pundits saw it differently than I did.

The mega-billionaire commits to a path quite different from the fake billionaire currently in office.

Unprecedented spending since leaving City Hall has put him in a unique position.

Several trends are pointing in a new direction.

Thursday night’s Democratic debate drew the lowest numbers of any of this season’s debates.

An interesting albeit dubious selection for Person of the Year.

Given the times we live in, you may be tempted to argue about politics tomorrow. Here’s my advice — don’t do it.

The fifth Democratic debate brought some candidate clashes, but hardly the no-holds-barred type of event you might expect for this late in the pre-primary process.

Beto O;Rourke finally faces reality.

Brits will head to the polls for the fourth time in four years with the future of Brexit on the ballot.

Justin Trudeau lost his majority but will still hold on to power in Canada, the question is how long it will last.

It’s Election Day in Canada and the outcome is far from certain.

It’s not the responsibility of the opposition party to make up for Donald Trump.

This year’s Nobel Peace Prize Laureate comes from a part of the world that most people almost never think about.

The time for sitting on the sidelines is over. Donald Trump cannot be allowed to get away with his usurpation of power, his disdain for the law, or his continued policies that have damaged the country.

Jacques Chirac, who served two terms as President of France and was a strong opponent of the Iraq War, has died.

California, joined by 22 other states and jurisdictions, is suing to block the Administration’s efforts to revoke the state’s waiver to impose tougher clean air regulations.

A familiar name has entered the race for the Democratic Senate nomination in Massachusetts.

In a rebuke to traditional conservative views of Federalism, the Trump Administration intends to revoke California’s authority to set its own clean air standards,

As doubts about the health of the economy start to mount, President Trump’s job approval is starting to suffer.

Canada is headed for a new election at the end of October as Justin Trudeau finds his government daling with a scandal.

This evening ten Democratic candidates for President, including all of the front runners, appear on stage together for the third debate of the 2020 election cycle.

Indonesia is beginning an ambitious program to move its capital city. Because the current capital of Jakarta is sinking.

Former Colorado Governor John Hickenlooper, who dropped out of the race for President just last week, is running for Senate in his home state.

Washington Governor Jay Inslee is the latest candidate to drop ou of the race for the Democratic Presidential nomination. He won’t be the last.

Another day, another Trump temper tantrum.

Scientists have been vastly understating the degree of global warming for decades.

On the Sunday shows today, one of the President’s top aides insisted that the Administration is seriously looking at the idea of buying Greenland even though it isn’t for sale.

President Trump and the Republican Senate rewarded a top Republican donor with a prized diplomatic appointment.

As was the case a month ago, Vice-President Biden and Senator Kamala Harris were the focus of last night’s debate. Things turned out very differently, though.

The first night of the second Democratic debate consisted largely of clashes between the party’s progressive wing and more moderate elements.

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez already has a Republican challenger, but she doesn’t really need to worry about it.

The White House office specifically charged with advising on and developing science policy now has no staffers whatsoever.